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Mario Moore: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop This dedicated painter looks to history to tell stories about how
Photo by Justin Millhouse
we live now. “I don’t let anything stop me from making my work,” said painter MARIO MOORE (’09, Illustration), a native Detroiter who is now based in Brooklyn, New York. “I grew up at CCS. I spent a lot of time with my mom [CCS alumna and multimedia artist SABRINA NELSON (’91, Fine Arts)] and her friends, and I would even sit in on her classes sometimes. I was always around it,” said Moore. “The museum was close, obviously, but it wasn’t necessarily about going to the museum. It was about seeing people make things.” And Moore, who received his MFA in Painting from Yale University in 2013, is utterly dedicated to making art. His figurative paintings – often of black women – reveal his training in illustration but also a certain thoughtfulness around history, the black figure and the human encounter with art. “People have asked me, ‘Do you think that you paint in a Eurocentric way, like the Italian Renaissance or the Baroque period? Why do you do that as a black person?’” Moore said. “But as human beings we take inspiration from all over and put it together. It just makes sense to me. “I want my paintings, from a distance, to feel as if you could walk right into them. I want the narrative of the work to invite the viewer in and offer a kind of insight. But when you get closer, you realize that it’s just lines that come together. Because it’s not just about what is being depicted; it’s about how it’s depicted.” That concern for materiality in painting (visible brush strokes, for example) and, on the other hand,
Above: “That Beautiful Color,” oil on canvas, 2016. Opposite: “Yeah G-Ma Don’t Play,” oil on copper, 2015.
for how black people are represented in art, have brought Moore’s stunning work increasing attention. A painting from his copper series, “Queen Mother Helen Moore” (not pictured), which depicts his grandmother holding photographs of her three living sons, was exhibited in the Detroit Institute of Arts’ “Art of Rebellion: Black Art of the Civil Rights Movement” in Fall 2017 and recently purchased by the museum. “When you see black mothers on the news,” he said, “they’re usually crying holding a photo. But I wanted to contrast that to give a sense of their power and protection. So in my paintings they’re holding photos of their living children.” Moore was recently in Detroit to attend the opening of his group show focused on figure drawings, “Evidence of Things Not Seen” at CCS’ Center Galleries. In Fall 2018, he will begin a Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University. Moore is one of only five visual artists to receive the prestigious fellowship in its 74-year history. Moore is currently working on a series of drawings, “Recovery,” depicting black men from the Civil Rights era relaxing or at rest. “James Baldwin went to Paris. Malcolm X went to Mecca. Muhammad Ali had to rest because he had his belt taken away,” he said. “Rest and recovery are really elusive for black men. The stereotype is that, if you’re sleeping or resting, as a black man, you’re lazy.” Moore came up with the idea last summer after brain surgery, when he was forced to rest in order to recover. “As soon as I got out of the hospital, I thought, ‘I have to work.’”
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C Magazine sat down with photographer JENNY RISHER (’97, Photography) at “D-Cyphered,” her poetic and groundbreaking exhibition of Detroit’s hip-hop artists, DJs, producers, promoters and more, which ran at the Detroit Institute of Arts from August 4, 2017, through February 28, 2018. A few minutes before our conversation, two high school students in the exhibit stopped Risher. “Are you the photographer?” Risher told them that she was. “We love your pictures!” Selfies ensued. More students passed by, and we’re pretty sure “Dope!” was uttered more than once. Risher was floored by their response and expressed gratitude for the students who flowed from picture to picture, recognizing local hip-hop heroes – and a bit of themselves – in the exhibit’s powerful photographs.
Pictured: Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope of ICP (Insane Clown Posse) in Delray.
Risher met NANCY BARR (‘84, Photography), DIA Co-Chief Curator, Dept. Head - Prints, Drawings and Photographs, and Curator of Photography, while shooting photos for her book, Heart Soul Detroit: Conversations on the Motor City, and Barr invited her to participate in the 2016 DIA exhibit, “Detroit After Dark.” According to Risher, Barr’s role in shaping the collection of hip-hop portraits for “D-Cyphered” was key: “Nancy kept pushing for an exhibit [at the DIA] and, if it wasn’t for her, the body of work probably wouldn’t exist. I wouldn’t have had a reason to do it, really, and I wouldn’t have had a deadline.” What follows are a few of Jenny Risher’s thoughts on the making of “D-Cyphered” and the collaborative spirit that made it possible.
“Detroit’s in my blood, but I’m not a Detroiter. I’m from Mt. Clemens, and lived here while I went to CCS. When I did this project, the people I knew in hip-hop were top tier [including Eminem], only because that’s who I was working with at the time. I didn’t really know real-deal Detroit hip-hop and the underground scene. So I sought out people to help me, and I feel that this work is a coll-
“People gave me phone numbers and took me to their neighborhoods. But I definitely was referred; they checked me out, for sure! I had the gangsta of gangsta musicians saying that I was ok, like Trick-Trick and all these really hardcore artists. They trusted me, and they knew that I wasn’t taking. Sometimes locations were iconic buildings in hip-hop or someone would say, ‘I want to take you to this place, because it’s important.’
aborative effort between me and the artists. There’s no
way I could have learned 30 years of hip-hop history in three years.
“I kept asking myself: ‘How does this place feel like Detroit? How do I create a portrait for our time?’ We knew it was im-
portant because hip-hop was a musical genre that hadn’t been fully documented in this context. But I don’t think we truly realized, initially, what we were creating.” Above: Trick-Trick and the Goon Sqwad, Michigan Theater. Opposite (top to bottom): DJ Los, Dej Loaf and Icewear Vezzo. Trick-Trick and DJ Los, as well as Ironside Hex, Nick Speed, Mr. Porter, Supa Emcee and others helped Risher connect with artists to include in the project.
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“Every artist has their own way of doing a project, and I became very emotionally invested. It was about the pictures, but it became also about the people – their excitement to be in this exhibit, or their hopes and dreams, being able to show this exhibit to their friends and family – and all of the things that come with being on the wall at the DIA. So for me it was hard to kill that; I just kept taking pictures. In essence, I was fulfilling this vision, and I needed to take more pictures to show off the city. For an artist, the hardest thing is knowing when to stop. It’s not the bible, but it’s a start.”
“Can you imagine if you had this opportunity in the 1960s when Motown was just starting and Diana Ross and all of them were just getting going? And you were able to photograph all those musicians in their prime and have this cohesive body of work, by one photographer, with one vision? That would be invaluable. These pictures last forever now. They’re in the archives. It’s a moment in time that’s forever preserved. For me, as an artist, that’s exciting.”
Above (top to bottom): Lola Damone, Eastern Market (with mural by DENIAL). Obie Trice, Ford-Wyoming Drive-in. Opposite (top to bottom): Sino, Fenkell St. and Birwood Ave. Fat Killahz, Russell Industrial Center.
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projects while raising her children and now concentrates on fine art photography. She recalled what her son, Alex, was like during this period. “He was always drawing. We would take him and his brother to CCS’s Student Exhibition. They had all the car models and drawings set up, and he was fascinated. He loved it. He started drawing cars, so we started taking him every year. He said, ‘I’m going to go here one day.’”
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Three Generations of CCS
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Alumni Frank, Tracy and Alexander Fischer share a deep legacy with the College for Creative Studies. Many colleges boast several generations in one family who number among their alumni. Frank, Tracy and Alexander Fischer – grandfather, daughter-in-law and grandson – share a story that not only parallels the evolution of the College for Creative Studies (and the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education, where each has worked), but offers insight into the ways creativity can become a part of family lineage. DETROIT SOCIETY OF ARTS AND CRAFTS
“I had taken quite a few classes at the Art School of the Society of Arts of Crafts,” recalled FRANK FISCHER , who studied ceramics. By the time Frank Fischer was a student in the early 1950s, the School had an enrollment of a few hundred students studying ceramics and sculpting, as well as woodworking and painting. “I attended the Detroit Business University, and then I was drafted into the army. Art had always been my hobby, but academically I was pursuing accounting. When I got out of the service in Korea, I had heard about clay modeling and it sounded interesting.” Eventually, Frank took a 15-inch clay car model he had made around to the auto companies, arriving at General Motors’ research and design studio in the Research Building – now CCS’s Taubman Center campus. He was hired on a Thursday and went to work the following Monday. That was 1954. “My first job assignment was on the 11th floor of the Research Building in the Body Development Studio,” Frank said. “We were
Above: Frank Fischer stops by the Taubman Center occasionally to talk car models with Alex.
Above: Senior Alex Fischer with his grandfather, Frank, and his mother, Tracy, both alumni.
the only studio on the floor where Harley Earl and the other executives had their offices. When I came back to visit my grandson, Alex, he took me up to the 11th floor. So much of the building has changed, but I could picture where my studio was, and I could see exactly where the car models that I worked on used to be. It’s very nostalgic for me.” While still at the Research Building, Frank worked on the LaSalle Show Car and the Biscayne. The design studio eventually moved to the GM Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. But before his retirement in 1991, Frank worked as chief sculptor on some of GM’s most iconic brands, including Cadillac, Pontiac and Buick.
that passion was cemented during a high school photography course. “I went to Eastern [Michigan University] for a year. I wasn’t sure yet about photography as a career,” Tracy explained. “But I had a friend who was already a student at CCS. So, I spent a year working and getting my portfolio together, and CCS accepted me. I started in 1982, took a year off for an internship, and graduated in 1987.” CCS Photography operates on the maxim that anyone can take a picture but not everyone can be a photographer – a point
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In 1962, the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts officially became a degree-granting institution, and in 1975, the Art School changed its name to the Center for Creative Studies. TRACY FISCHER (’87, Photography), had always been in love with the medium, but
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made clearer as Tracy recalled her studies at CCS, what it was like to work with such icons as the late street photographer, Bill Rauhauser, as well as how the medium has evolved from print to digital. “We learned lighting, the darkroom, color layers. We didn’t touch computers then. Now you can do it all with pre-loaded filters on an app,” she said, remembering that as a student she also did printing at GM Photographic in the Research Building. After running a photography studio in Troy, Michigan, for several years, Tracy took on freelance
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In 2001, the Center for Creative Studies became the College for Creative Studies. The College’s two campuses include the Taubman Center, which houses its awardwinning Transportation Design program. ALEX FISCHER (’18, Transportation Design) has known since he was a child that he wanted to design cars. But a high school summer spent studying automotive and architectural design confirmed it. His 2014 sketch of a future Dodge won him the top prize and a scholarship to CCS in the 62nd Detroit Autorama High School Design Competition, co-sponsored by Chrysler Group Product Design. “Earlier that day, I had been drawing in my math class – it’s how I think sometimes,” said Alex. “My teacher asked me if I had anything to enter in the competition. I pulled out the drawing and said, ‘How about this?’ A few weeks later, I found out I had won.” Recently, Alex’s team design for a Honda-sponsored project, which tasked students with envisioning a Honda car in 2025, was featured on a banner in the CCS booth at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). He is also one of only two students to have his model displayed at Automotive News’ World Congress during NAIAS. The model was exhibited at CCS’ Valade Family Gallery in January. One can’t help but ponder the three generations of the Fischer family that mark the passage of time from the early days of the Art School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts to today’s CCS – from a 1950s LaSalle concept vehicle to a rendering of a Honda for 2025. On the question of how cars have changed from his era to Alex’s, Frank Fischer chuckled: “Other than being a four-wheeled vehicle that carries people, everything is different.”
Opposite: DIWA Co-Chairs Danialle and Peter Karmanos, Jr.
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36th DIWA Brings the Glamour of Old Hollywood to Detroit
THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION
“It was a completely magical, immersive experience. And just a lot of fun! But what really made the process so magical was how collaborative it was,” said Karmanos, who was recently named to The Salonniere’s 2018 list of America’s Top 100 party hosts. She spent nine months working with the event team to bring the wine auction to life in a dramatically reimagined gym space. Founded and run by Coach Khali Sweeney, the Downtown Boxing Gym provides free after-school tutoring, mentoring, college and career-readiness programs, as well as boxing and other sports, to more than 140 Detroit kids.
$1M Donated to support the Fashion Accessories Design program
Detroit – an act that catalyzed Detroit’s current resurgence. He later founded MadDog Technology, a venture operator and investor voted a “Top Workplace for 2017” by the Detroit Free Press. Together, the couple has committed to supporting causes in the metro Detroit community that advance health, well-being and education. That’s why in early fall of last year, Danialle and Peter Karmanos, Jr., donated $1 million to the College for Creative Studies to support its growing Fashion Accessories Design (FAD) program and aid in student scholarships. The gift matched sponsorship dollars raised for the wine auction.
$2.5M Raised for undergraduate student scholarships and free art programs
Detroit International Wine Auction transforms Downtown Boxing Gym, raising $2.5 million for undergraduate scholarships
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Save the Date for the 37th Detroit International Wine Auction
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Winning bid for the Featured Vintner’s Grand Lot from Bodegas Torres
2018 Featured Vintner
and free art programs and $1 million for Fashion Accessories Design program. Raising a grand total of nearly $3.5 million, The Art of Wine: 36th Detroit International Wine Auction (DIWA) – CCS’s largest fundraiser – was one of the most inspiring and successful to date. Chaired by CCS Trustee DANIALLE KARMANOS and PETER KARMANOS, JR. , the gala event took place at the Downtown Boxing Gym, which had been transformed into a jewel of art deco, Hollywood glamour. The Featured Vintner, Bodegas Torres, is one of Spain’s largest producers of wine. Represented by Marta Delfa, the winery generously poured its top vintages to 480 guests, who enjoyed a delicious, five-course meal by Andiamo Italia. Tap duo Sean and John performed a rousing set to kick off the after-party, sponsored by Metro Detroit Cadillac Dealers. C Magazine caught up with DIWA Co-Chair and CCS Trustee Danialle Karmanos to talk about the wine auction, CCS and why she and husband Peter chose to give to the College’s Fashion Accessories Design program.
“Everyone at the Downtown Boxing Gym was so amazing to work with: open and hard-working and collaborative,” explained Karmanos. “In fact, there wasn’t one person on this team – from CCS Institutional Advancement to the event designer Corporate Optics to the Downtown Boxing Gym – who said, ‘This is not my job.’ There was not one person who wasn’t willing to do whatever it took to be amazing.” That included Aki Choklat, Chair of Fashion Accessories Design at CCS, who helped Karmanos visually execute the team’s ideas and designed the salmon-colored velvet art deco-inspired banquettes that flanked the dining area. “Aki is pure magic,” Karmanos said. “The way we worked together was so easy – like a flow between rappers.” THE GIFT OF EDUCATION
Danialle and Peter Karmanos, Jr., are known as ardent philanthropists and community leaders in metro Detroit. Among other projects, Danialle Karmanos is the founder of Work It Out, a highly innovative program that uses a yoga-based approach to help kids develop optimal health of mind, body and spirit, and The Cuddlers, a volunteer organization offering critical cuddles to hospitalized infants and toddlers. As the founder and former CEO of Compuware, Peter Karmanos, Jr., was the first head of a major corporation to move its headquarters to downtown
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“CCS is known for its huge contributions of talent to the auto industry,” Karmanos explained. “If Detroit drives the auto industry, then CCS puts the wheels on the cars. But from the moment Pete and I met Aki, we just knew his leadership of FAD is a game-changer. Investing in Aki and CCS – as a package – feels like a really smart investment.” DIWA garnered $1.05 million in sponsorships – including MadDog Technology, presenting sponsor Lear Corporation and lead sponsor Cadillac. The top lot of the evening – a lunch with Mary and Tony Barra and six bottles of 2012 Fisher Vineyards Coach Insignia Cabernet Sauvignon – sold for $100,000. The biggest wine-only lot, six bottles of 1982 Bordeaux, sold for $9,000. Proceeds from DIWA benefit undergraduate scholarships for talented CCS students and free arts programs for more than 4,000 Detroit kids through the College’s Community Arts Partnerships (CAP) program. Danialle Karmanos summed up DIWA, CCS and why the event and the scholarships it benefits are so important to the city: “With all of the newfound attention on Detroit, let’s not forget about an institution that has been here from the beginning. CCS and this wine auction have been a part of the city for a long time and will continue to be. DIWA is a unique opportunity to tie these different elements together: the history of Detroit and the legacy of CCS. The old and the new, the past and the future.”
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DONOR HONOR ROLL
ODM + CCS = Art in The District Detroit Innovative public art program offers hands-on learning experience for CCS students. Olympia Development of Michigan (ODM) and Ilitch Charities have partnered with the College for Creative Studies to bring student artwork to The District Detroit. The ART IN THE DISTRICT DETROIT program, launched in early 2017, engages students, faculty, community members and professional artists in the design, creation and installation of student-led public art. Ilitch Charities and ODM contributed $800,000 to fund this innovative project at CCS. To launch the program, selected CCS Fine Arts students began the “Public Sculpture” course in January 2017. Participating students worked with faculty to conduct research, develop designs and physical models and produce documents outlining their design intentions. During the semester-long course, CCS invited visiting artists, community members and architects who have specialized knowledge in creating and designing outdoor sculptures to collaborate with students. The students received scholarships to be used toward tuition and, at the culmination of the course, a sculpture design created by JONATHAN PHILLIPS (‘19, Fine Arts), “Movement of Champions,” was selected and will be fabricated and installed in front of Little Caesars Arena. The unveiling is slated for Spring/ Summer 2018. “We applaud Olympia Development of Michigan and Ilitch Charities
Above: Rendering of “Movement of Champions,” a stainless-steel sculpture slated for Little Caesars Arena and designed by CCS student Jonathan Phillips.
for recognizing that public art can be an essential element in defining the character of a neighborhood and for wanting to develop that art through a collaboration among student artists, professional artists and members of the local community,” said Richard L. Rogers, President of the College for Creative Studies. “CCS is excited to be part of The District Detroit project because it presents a unique educational opportunity for our students and is a major contributor to Detroit’s resurgence.” In Fall 2017, students in the MFA Interaction Design course, “Programming for Designers,” conducted research and began pilot programming to create animated artwork for the Comerica Entry Activation Arch, located within “Via Concourse” – a 61,000 squarefoot public space inside Little Caesars Arena. Visitors passing under the arch, which features a 270-degree LED digital display, will activate an installation of illuminated art and design images and video from across CCS departments and programs, including
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gaming, digital media, illustration, painting, glassblowing, sculpture, and graphic and product designs. To culminate the Fall 2017 semester, teams of Communication Design students at CCS presented visual community identities for the five distinct neighborhoods in The District Detroit: Cass Park Village, Woodward Square, Columbia Street, Wildcat Corner and Columbia Park. CCS is also engaging the greater community through its Community Arts Partnerships (CAP) and community+public arts:DETROIT (CPAD) programs. CAP coordinated a group of eight students from local high schools to create public art concepts for The District Detroit. Students from Cass Technical High School, Dearborn High School and the College’s charter school, Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies, developed designs for benches, fire hydrants, manhole covers and windows in Summer 2017. “The District Detroit represents a transformative effort in the heart of our great city, and public art is an important part of our plan,” said Christopher Ilitch, President and CEO of Ilitch Holdings, Inc. “The College for Creative Studies attracts many of the best, brightest and most talented creative students from around the world, and they are an ideal partner to bring public art to The District Detroit.”
Once each year, CCS publishes this acknowledgement of our donors, whose generosity makes it possible for the College to continue support our students, faculty and community programs. Gifts made January 1 – December 31, 2017
$1,000,000 + Mr. and Mrs. Peter Karmanos, Jr. The Kresge Foundation — Kresge Arts in Detroit Mr. and Mrs. William U. Parfet Mr. and Mrs. Mark Valade
$250,000 — 999,999 Margaret Dunning Foundation Edsel and Eleanor Ford Fund Ilitch Charities The Kresge Foundation Lear Corporation Olympia Development of Michigan, L.L.C. U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC)
$100,000 — 249,999 William Davidson Foundation DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Benson and Edith Ford Fund Ford Motor Company General Motors Honda R & D Americas, Inc. MARS Agency Quicken Loans, Inc. Robert H. Tannahill Foundation
$50,000 — 99,999 Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Alandt American Chemistry Council — Plastics Division Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Frank Campanale/ Paul and Helen Farago Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Keith E. Crain Mr. and Mrs. David T. Fischer/ The Suburban Collection Mr. and Mrs. David T. Fischer, Jr. Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, Inc. Ford Motor Company Fund GE Appliances, a Haier Company Ambassador and Mrs. Yousif B. Ghafari Grupo Antolin North America Lacks Enterprises Michelin Morley Companies, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Linden Nelson Mr. and Mrs. James B. Nicholson A. Alfred Taubman Foundation Matilda R. Wilson Fund Yanfeng Automotive Interiors
$25,000 — 49,999 Ally Financial Jim Anderson AVL Bodegas Torres Mark Bouchillon BRP Campbell Ewald Mr. and Mrs. Keith E. Crain, Jr. Crain Communications Dynamic Aerospace and Defense Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Eisenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Eisenberg/ Kenwal Steel The Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation FCA US LLC Mr. and Mrs. Nathan M. Forbes/ The Forbes Company/ The Somerset Collection Martha F. Ford Gallagher-Kaiser Great Lakes Wine & Spirits Greek America Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James Grosfeld Robert S. Kaiser Mr. and Mrs. Wright Lassiter Metro Detroit Cadillac Dealers Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs The National Association for Surface Finishing and the AESF Education Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Donald Nystrom Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Penske Mr. and Mrs. Sydney L. Ross S.A.Y. Detroit The Elizabeth, Allan, and Warren Shelden Fund Mr. Anthony L. Soave Urban Science Xenith
$5,000 — 24,999 AAM Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Ahearn Andiamo Catering and Events Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation Arietta Winery Beaumont Health Foundation Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation Blue Cross Blue Shield Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Bluestein Mr. Roger Bos Mr. Brian P. Brice Michael and Martha Brosseau Bumler Mechanical, Inc.
Leo Burnett USA Kelly Burris Carhartt Inc. Mr. Alex Cattelan Citizens Bank Axalta Coating Systems Mrs. Lois P. Cohn and The Honorable Avern L. Cohn Comerica Charitable Foundation Comerica, Inc. Coretek Corporate Optics Covestro Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Cowger Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation Cranbrook Educational Community Mr. and Mrs. Matthew P. Cullen Mr. and Mrs. Ethan Davidson Detroit Bikes Mr. Robert DiPilla Display Group DST Industries Inc. DTE Energy Epiphany Glass Ernst & Young LLP Event Source Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey K. Farber Ferrantino Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher III Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Fisher IV Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Fisher Fisher Dynamics Mr. Tim J. Flattery and Ms. Susan Burig Foremost Graphics, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Ralph V. Gilles Mr. Jeff Grim Grimaldi Group Mr. and Mrs. James B. Gubelmann Mr. and Mrs. Steven K. Hamp Harley-Davidson Motor Company Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Hatton Mr. and Mrs. David M. Hempstead Mr. Taggart E. Henderson John Hogan Design Honigman Horizon Global Huntington National Bank Imagination Mr. and Mrs. Jody W. Ingle III ISG Mrs. Renee Janovsky Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation Kerr Russell KIRCO Quinn and Alexis Kiriluk John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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Ms. Linda Dresner Levy and Mr. Edward C. Levy, Jr. Mr. Alphonse S. Lucarelli Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation Mr. Don Manvel Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David E. Meador Mechanical Design and Installation, LLC Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Michigan Design Center Miller Law Firm PC MMM Portrait David Robert and Sylvia Jean Nelson Foundation for Arts and Letters Mr. and Mrs. James M. Nicholson The Oakwood Group Mr. and Mrs. Martin Olejnik The Parade Company Park West Gallery Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pierce Plante Moran Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Polk Mrs. Waltraud E. Prechter PVS Chemicals, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Rogers ROK Construction Services, LLC Mr. and Mrs. James Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Sasson Mr. Robert Schostak Schostak Brothers & Company, Inc. Ms. Sandra Seligman and Mr. Gilbert Glassberg Mr. Robert Sestok Shinola Detroit Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Simoncini The Skillman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Don Stebbins Strategic Staffing Solutions Mr. and Mrs. John W. Stroh III Mr. and Mrs. John M. Sullivan, Jr. Arn and Nancy Tellem Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Triest/ The Trico Foundation Ms. Delayne Turner UAW-GM Center for Human Resources Mr. and Mrs. James H. Vandenberghe Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Vaupel Ms. April Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Walker WardsAuto Mr. Edward T. Welburn, Jr. Williams Selyem Winery M. Roy Wilson Zausmer, August & Caldwell, PC Zekelman Industries
$1,000 — 4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Erik Abraham Ms. Lynn M. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Terence E. Adderley The Ajamu Group, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ajluni Anchor Bar Mr. Jeffrey Antaya and Mr. Peter Rosenfeld Aparium Hotel Group Ms. Amy Armand Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Barra
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. Beck Mr. Andres Blibeche Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Bonahoom Mr. Mike Bruggeman Mr. Scott M. Buchzeiger Buddy’s Pizza Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Buhl Burris Law, PLLC Ms. Cassandra Callaghan Mr. Tom Campau Mr. and Mrs. Vince Carducci Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Celani Mr. and Mrs. William A. Chope Clark Hill, P.L.C. Ms. Karilyn Collini Community Foundations Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jon Cotton Credit Union One Darioush Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. DeNardis Mr. and Mrs. James Deneau Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Detroit Public Library Detroit Skate Factory Detroit Society for Coatings Technology Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors Mr. Christopher DiDonato Congresswoman Deborah Dingell Enterprise Holdings Foundation Mr. Robert Z. Feldstein Mr. Willie Fortune Mr. and Mrs. Bharat Gandhi Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr. Gemellaro Systems Integration Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gerson Ms. Lenore Y. Gimpert Mr. Nick Gorga Mr. and Mrs. Rob Gorlin Habatat Galleries Hagopian World of Rugs Mr. Robert D. Hansen Ms. Elizabeth Hardy and Mr. Thomas Kienbaum Hepta Control Systems Heron Hill Winery Ms. Nina K. Holden Huge Interpublic Group of Companies Mrs. Charles M. Jordan Mr. Donald Kilpatrick Ms. Susan Kowalski Ms. Mary L. Kramer Mrs. Julie Lodge-Jarrett and Mr. Steve Jarrett Mackevision Corp. Mr. and Mrs. Scott MacMartin Mr. George T. Maghielse Mr. Charley Marcuse Marketing Associates Meadowood Resort Mr. and Mrs. Mark Moceri Mr. Jaques Nasser Dr. Frank Nesi Mr. Ken Nisch Mr. and Mrs. John Nyquist Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Parks PPG Mr. Mohammad Qazi Ms. Claudia Rast Ms. Ruth F. Rattner Ms. Jenny Risher Rocket Fiber Mr. Matthew Roling
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Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Ross Mrs. Nancy Salden Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Schaden Mr. Marc A. Schwartz Sci Floor Covering, Inc. Selden Standard Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Semple Mr. Mark W. Sengbusch Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Serraiocco Simeone Deary Design Group Mr. Jeffrey Sloan Ms. Lisa M. Spindler Mr. Kaiser Suidan Sweet Lorraine’s Fabulous Mac n’ Brewz Townhouse Mr. William Tyrell Mr. Jason Ulman Walsh College Mr. and Mrs. James Ward Willis Towers Watson Sarah Winkler and Simon Leopold Estate of Vera Wolfe Mrs. Betty Woodward-Bosley and Mr. Alfred Bosley Mr. Matty Yohannan Mr. Mark C. Zapico Mr. Mark Zausmer
$250 — 999 Diane Aboulafia Mr. Conor M. Ahearn Alpha Omega Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Aloysius Mr. and Mrs. Reid Ashton II Mr. Gary August Avis Ford Incorporated Axalta Coating Systems Ms. Nicole Barbour Ms. Jenna Belevender Mr. and Mrs. Terry Bishop Blackbird Vineyards Mr. Christopher Blitz Mr. James Boardman Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Broderick Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brown Mr. Kevin J. Calabrese Mr. Michael Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. John C. Carter Ms. Lisa Catani Ms. Diane A. Crea Hamilton Ms. Joanne F. Danto and Dr. Arnold Weingarden Mr. James Del Duca Ms. Andrea Del Rio Mr. Fernando S. Del Rosario Detroit Foundation Hotel Detroit Vineyards Mr. James F. Dicke Mr. Norman J. DuMouchelle Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dziurman Enchanted Photography of Michigan Mr. Brian Enright Mr. and Mrs. Larry Erickson Ms. Luanne Ewald Failla Wines Ferrari – Carano Vineyards and Winery Mr. and Mrs. David J. Fleszar Mr. Clyde Foles Ms. Kim Fujiwara Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Gaffka Ms. Katherine Goldberg Mr. Joseph A. Gonzalez The Grade Cellars Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Griffith Mr. and Mrs. Jay N. Hack
Mr. Kahn D. Hall and Ms. Glenda Lewis Ms. Caroline Rapking and Mr. David Hemingson Ms. Julie Hingelberg Mr. David L. Huber Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. Mrs. Carol A. Hunter Wilson and Mr. James Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Terry L. Johnson III Mr. and Mrs. David E. Klein Ms. Elizabeth H. Klos Ms. Karen M. Koziatek Ms. Liliana A. Krynska Larkmead Vineyards Ms. Jill Lerner Luce et Studio Mad Fritz Brewing Co. Ms. Gail M. Majcher Ms. Sue E. Marx Mr. Kevin McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Moir Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Scot Morrison National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation Mr. Jeremy Noonan Mr. Richard T. North Northeasterners’ Inc., Metro Detroit Chapter Professor and Mrs. Carl Olsen Orleans & Winder Mr. and Mrs. James Palmer Ms. Corinne Pemberton Ms. Michelle Perron Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Polzin Mr. and Mrs. Damian Porcari Mr. Morton Raban Mr. John J. Rizzo Ms. Pamela A. Roach Robert Sinskey Vineyards Roberts & Rogers Vineyards Ms. Susan Schooner Schramsberg Vineyards and Cellars Mr. Robert J. Shapton Mrs. Lila Silverman Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Simpson Siny Corp Mr. Clinton Snider Mr. Jeffrey Terrill Mr. Christopher Topham Mr. Reginald Turner, Jr. Venge Vineyards Wheelhouse Detroit Ms. Sandra J. Wilson Wines for Humanity Mr. and Mrs. James Wright Ms. Nicole Wright and Renee and David Yancy Ms. Sharon Zimmerman
Up to $249 Mr. Roger Adams Mr. Paul L. Ameye Ms. Suzanne Antisdel Mr. Ross Arkell Ms. Carrie F. Armstrong Reid Mr. Danny Aronovitz Art and Development, Inc. Mr. Kwesi S. Asante Mr. Jim R. Bachor Ms. Meredith Lea Bailey Mr. Dmitriy Baltovskiy Ms. Olivia N. Barry Ms. Lucy M. Bates Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Battle, Jr. Ms. Margrette H. Battles Ms. Victoria Bayagich
Keith Beelby Olivia Beelby Ms. Nancy Benchell-Eisman Mr. and Mrs. Dennis V. Bender Mr. Joseph B. Benghauser Better Made Snacks Mr. and Mrs. James C. Binelli BL Restaurant Operations, LLC Mr. Aaron Blendowski Mr. Colin Bohash Mr. and Mrs. David H. Bollman Mrs. Judi A. Bommarito and Mr. Michael Bommarito Ms. Jennifer Bondy Mr. and Mrs. David Boyer Mrs. Sydney Brack Mr. and Mrs. Eric Braverman Mr. Maxwell Britton Ms. Jessica R. Brown-Walter Ms. Lisa M. Brzezniak Ms. Lauren Bullard Ms. Kathleen Burck Mr. Ian R. Burk Ms. Margo Butler Ms. Melissa M. Byle Ms. Alexis Cahill Ms. Hailey Callahan Ms. Sara Calleja Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Camden Mr. Carol Camiener Ms. Shaye Campbell Mr. Peter Caparaotta Mr. Gregory Carr Ms. Indigo Carr Mr. Michele M. Carter Ms. Carolyn N. Catlos Mr. Matthew A. Cattanach Mr. Michael S. Chabot Chateau Chantal Winery Chateau Grand Traverse Winery and Vineyards Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Chatman Mr. Han J. Choi Mr. Sooshin Choi Mr. David T. Chung Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Cierpial Ms. Bliss C. Clark Mr. Paul J. Clark Mr. Travis D. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cleveland Ms. Lauren A. Cohen Mr. Jason M. Cole Ms. Kaitlyn Collins Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Conrad Mr. Gary Cooley Ms. Lauren M. Cooper Ms. Sarah Craven Ms. Angela A. Crowley Ms. Erika Cryderman Mr. Bruce Cundiff Ms. Nicole R. Cybulski Mr. Tyler D. Czarnecki Mr. John A. D’Angelo Mr. Nicholas S. Danish Ms. Emily Daugherty Mr. Nicholas Dauphin Mr. Joseph A. DeSanto Roger and Caroll Deuben Mr. and Mrs. Duffy DeVos Mr. Thomas Dewey Mr. Warren DeWitt Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Diachenko Mr. Carlos Diaz Mr. Gene Dickirson Dr. and Mrs. Clark B. Dickson Ms. Elayna M. Dooley Ms. Katherine Duff Rines Ms. Sunshine Durant Ms. Holly Eatinger Mr. Richard E. Eck
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Mr. Robert L. Edwards and Ms. Julie Hyde-Edwards Ms. Ann Marie Egigian Ms. Nanci LaBret Einstein Ms. Nancy R. Eisenberg Mr. Benjamin Ellsworth Ms. Lauren Eng Ms. Melissa Espinoza Ms. Natalie J. Estep Ms. Barbara Estrin Mr. Sean E. Evans Mr. Rick Falck Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fant Ms. Nancy A. Farmer Ms. Julie M. Fedolak Mr. Ed Fella and Ms. Lucy Bates Ms. Gina Finney Mr. Frank Fischer Ms. Tracy Fischer Ms. Gwen Fitzgerald Mr. Richard J. Foster Ms. Susan L. Fox Mr. and Mrs. John Frazier Mr. Centurium R. Frost Ms. Alicia M. Galka Mr. Gilbert Garcia Ms. Cathy J. Germay Ms. Rachel R. Gervais Ms. Nicole Gillies Ms. Carla Gonzalez Mr. Travis J. Goodin Ms. Alyssa Graham Ms. Mary Ann Grauf Mr. James E. Griffin Mr. Ian A. Grout Ms. Amanda Gruzwalski Mr. Sean Hages Ms. Alecia Haney Mr. Jamie L. Hapanowicz Mr. K’Kio D. Hardin Mr. Clifford L. Harris Mr. and Mrs. William A. Harris Ms. Stephanie Hart Mr. Steven Hawring Ms. Christina L. Haylett and Mr. Andrew Wood Mr. Jennifer Hefner Mr. and Mrs. David G. Helm Mr. Michael Hill Michele Hitsman Mrs. Sydney G. Hoerler Mr. Gregory A. Howell Mr. Jeffrey Hudson Ms. Katheryn Huff Mr. and Mrs. Kevin K. Hunter Ms. Bianca C. Iacopelli Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Imberman Ms. Katelyn Jablonski Ms. Mary E. Jaye Ms. Kirstin A. Johnson Mr. Michael A. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Jim M. Johnson Mr. Steven C. Johnson Mr. Dave Jordano Ms. Jessica L. Jozwik Mr. William L. Kahn Ms. Deborah D. Kashdan Mr. Eric Kaster Ms. Karen R. Katanick Mrs. Narine Kchikian and Mr. Alexander Olkhovsky Mr. Alex S. Kemp Ms. Dawnice Kerchaert and Mr. Raymond L. Katz Mr. Christopher Kertesz Mr. Anthony E. Kieren Mr. Steven Kin Mr. Douglas Kisor Ms. Dorothy L. Kispert Mr. Gerhardt Knodel Ms. Sarah Koch
Mr. Matt Kolbrener Mr. Robert A. Kolinski Ms. Janet L. Kondziela Mr. John F. Korachis Mr. and Mrs. Kip Kowalski Ms. Gloria M. Kruszka Mr. Tani Kunitake Mr. Ruben Kurnetz Ms. Estelle Kwartowitz Ms. Lisa Kwiatkowski L. Mawby Vineyard and Winery Ms. Karen LaDucer Ms. Monique N. Lalonde Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lastomirsky Mr. Charles J. Lavoie Mr. Brad Lawrence Mr. Mark Lawrence Ms. Arlene Lecours Miss Joo Won Lee Ms. Corrine Lemberg Mr. Max Lepler and Mr. Rex L. Dotson Dr. Melvin Lester and Mrs. Doreen Hermelin Ms. Grace B. Lew and Mr. Emiliano Saccone Mr. David Linna Mr. Laverne Loeffler Mr. and Mrs. John J. Lucas Ms. Christine M. Lujan Ms. Mara L. Magyarosi-Laytner Mr. Michael Maher Ms. Carol A. Majcherek Ms. Fern Malila Ms. Lucy Maliszewski Ms. Michelle M. Maniaci Mr. Rupert K. Mann Miss AnnMarie Mannino and Mr. Hugh Boyle Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Marchio Mr. Radu Marginean Ms. Rebecca A. Markham Mr. Tyler J. Mars Ms. Susan Marsch Ms. Aretha J. Marshall Ms. Elise M. Martin Ms. Grace Martin Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Mast Ms. Melissa A. McCann Mr. Martin McClure Mr. Kevin R. McCoy S. McDonough Ms. Jacqueline Mcgee Mr. Richard McIntyre Ms. Danae McKinney Mr. David C. McKinnon Mr. Bradley N. McMurray Mr. Michael P. McNamara Ms. Shannon McPartlon Mr. Brian Meer Mr. Jasen Melnick Ms. Katie Melnick Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Mercado Mr. Gilbert M. Merino Ms. Megan Mesack Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Michaels Oriane Michel Mr. Raymond G. Miller Ms. Vanessa Miller Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C. Mills Shaun L. Minne Ms. Kiera J. Molloy Ms. Vanessa Montano Mr. Jackson Monty Ms, Kathleen Moore Mr. and Mrs. William Moraniec Ms. Muriel Moray Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Morgan Ms. A. A. Moroun Mr. Gerald Mound Mr. Jerry Mound
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Mueller Mr. Joshua T. Mulligan Mr. Connor Murphy Mr. Steve P. Myran Ms. Cal Navin Ms. Lisa Nederlander Ms. Jennifer A. Nelson Jameson B. Neumann Ms. Joy M. Neych Ms. Sheila Nicolin Chris M. Nordin Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. O’Flaherty Ms. Elaine D. Ohno Mr. Eric Olbrich Mr. Jayson Olson Ms. Terry E. Oppenheim Mr. Dennis Orlowski Ms. Beverly Outland Ms. Susan J. Overmyer Mr. Max Paddock Julio Pallone Ms. Nicole Paradela Mr. Camilo K. Pardo Ms. Rosaana Pardo Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Parke Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Parks Mr. Dwayne A. Patterson Mr. Galen T. Pauling Mr. Peter Pawlicki Peju Family Estate Wines Mr. Bill Perlmutter Mr. James Petish Ms. Carol Pettersson Mr. Brad P. Phillips Mr. Robert Piatek Mr. and Mrs. Gregory M. Pici Ms. Theresa M. Pierzchala Ms. Constance Pino Mr. and Mrs. Gordon M. Platto Ms. Michelle L. Plucinsky and Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Popiolek Ms. Lisa C. Poszywak Mr. and Mrs. Tim E. Powers Mr. Tim Powers Ms. Stephanie Powers Mr. Thomas L. Pyrzewski Mr. Xiaonan Qi Mr. and Mrs. Chip Quarrier Ms. Haley Y. Querro Mr. Matthew K. Racine Ms. Theresa Ramus Ms. Mary Raynal Mr. Gavin Rea Mr. Jordan T. Recchia Ms. Kam Redlawsk Ms. Cinnamon Rice Ms. Mariah J. Rippy Ms. Phyllis Ritchie Ms. Kela Robinson Mr. Bruce M. Rockwell Ms. Lauren N. Romanowski Ms. Joslynn Roose Mrs. Norman H. Rosenfeld Ms. Jessica Rowland Ms. Katrina L. Ruby Mr. and Dr. Sydney L. Ruby Mr. Julian Rucker Mr. Milton D. Ruiz Mr. William J. Sammut Mr. John P. Scanlon Mr. Mark W. Sengbusch Ms. Mary Serpento Ms. Dawn Seward Ms. Taylor E. Shallal Mr. Dylan M. Shay Ms. Jennifer Shelton Mr. and Mrs. Scott Shoemaker Ms. Suzanne M. Sillery Mr. Anthony D. Simler Ms. Melissa R. Sims Ms. Jeanie Sinclair-Smith
Ms. Katherine N. Sirvio Mr. Samuel R. Sisco Ms. Rosalyn Slade Mr. James J. Slowik and Ms. Amy Louise Kessler Ms. Dolores S. Slowinski and Mr. Robert D’aoust Mr. and Mrs. Bernard N. Smith Mr. Michael Smith Ms. Maxine B. Snider Mr. Jack Solomon Ms. Gabrielle Soltis Ms. Jennifer Song Mr. Steve J. Sowinski Mr. Anthony Spangler Ms. Kathleen D. Spellman Ms. Julia Stanley Mr. and Mrs. Cary A. Stefani Ms. Olga Stella Mr. Dylan Stewart Ms. Sarah M. Sullivan Mr. Brent Swanson Mr. and Mrs. William K. Swanson Mr. Ron Switzer Ms. Lauren E. Szczesny Mr. Travis G. Taylor Ms. Laurie L. Tennent and Mr. Christopher Scheiwe Mr. Adam A. Thomas Mr. Ben Thompson Ms. Nichole Thompson Mr. and Mrs. David Tietmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Tingler Ms. Emily Tinklenberg Mr. and Mrs. E. Stephen Tokarchuk Ms. Stephanie Toop Trader Joe’s Mr. Jeffrey R. Tranchell Ms. Leilani Trinka Mr. William G. Tyrrell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ufer Ms. Mia L. Van Hamme Mr. and Mrs. Roger Van Weelen Ms. Kristian Varano Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Vella Ms. Susan S. Vercruysse Mr. Bobby Veresan Ms. Kristin Verras Ms. Haley Vogt Mr. and Mrs. Link G. Wachler Mr. Noah Waldeck Ms. Leah Waldo Mr. Brent D. Wallace Ms. Jo Ann Ward Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Warzocha Ms. Ashlei E. Watson Mr. and Mrs. Bob Waun Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Way Mr. Timothy C. Weeks Ms. Nikki Wharton-Eby Mr. James N. White Mr. Jesse L. Wiese M. Cody Wiley Ms. Erika Williams Ms. Sandra Wilson Ms. Amy Wolfe Mr. and Mrs. John T. Woodhouse, Jr. Ms. Linda Workman Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wroblewski Ms. Rachel R. Wujek Ms. Jean Yee Mr. and Mrs. Edmund C. York Mr. Albert J. Young Mr. Ian C. Zapico Zeal Credit Union Mr. and Mrs. Todd A. Zeilinger Ms. Jamie L. Zelkowski Mr. and Mrs. Jim R. Zimmerman Mr. Blake Zucker Mr. Eric Zucker Mr. Eric M. Zurawski
Detroit Exhibition at Saint-Étienne Design Biennale curated by Public Design Trust.
Design Core Detroit With a new name, Design Core Detroit better aligns with its goal: to champion design-based businesses and the city. The Detroit Creative Corridor Center (DC3) recently announced its new brand identity: DESIGN CORE DETROIT. This brand transformation is one outcome of the organization’s yearlong planning process to support Detroit’s UNESCO City of Design designation. The new name is more reflective of the organization’s mission and purpose in championing Detroit’s design-driven businesses and their role in strengthening the city’s economy. Design Core Detroit was formed in 2010 as a partnership between the College for Creative Studies and Business Leaders for Michigan in order to grow creative sector jobs and increase creative density in the Woodward Corridor. It has assisted more than 250 businesses to start up, grow or land in Detroit, leading to more than 3,000 new jobs. It is taking those successes and lessons learned to position the entire city as a global source of creative talent. To learn more about Design Core Detroit’s programs, please visit designcore.org. Gifts made January 1 – December 31, 2017
$1,000,000 +
$25,000 — 49,999
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
$250,000 — 999,999 The Kresge Foundation New Economy Initiative
Ally Financial Art Van Bluewater Technologies Gyro Michigan Economic Development Corporation Quicken Loans $5,000 — 24,999
$100,000 — 249,999 William Davidson Foundation $50,000 — 99,999 Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. Creative Many Michigan Lear Corporation The Platform LLC
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AVL The Display Group dPop Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company Fund GTB Japanese Business Society of Detroit Lambert Edwards and Associates
MARS Agency Rossetti Associates Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schulak Shinola Detroit
Up to $4,999 Conference Technologies, Inc. Crypton Detroit Economic Growth Corporation Fantasee Lighting Gensler Hamilton Anderson Associates Huge McIntosh Poris Associates PEA, Inc. Skidmore Studio SundbergFerar, Inc. SmithGroup JJR Trumbull and Porter Vitamin T
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TRUSTEES ELECT NEW MEMBERS MARA GHAFARI, MICHAEL SIMCOE AND NANCY TELLEM TO BOARD MARA GHAFARI is a co-founder of Ghafari Associates, LLC, a global engineering, architecture, process design,
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Morrison is the fifth editor in MAD’s 65-year history. Image courtesy of MAD.
ALUMNUS BILL MORRISON BECOMES EXECUTIVE EDITOR AT ICONIC MAD MAGAZINE
Above: “Stretch,” “Crimp” and “Constricted” by John Rizzo.
FACULTY SHOW CONDUCTS “TRANSITORY CONVERSATIONS” AT THE SCARAB CLUB From January-February 2018, CCS faculty members ALYSSA BOGDAN, PETER DUNN, JEN FITZPATRICK, JOHN RIZZO, WILLIAM TYRELL and JAMES VISTE exhibited
“Transitory Conversations” at the Scarab Club in Detroit. “The exhibition focused on threedimensional sculpture and included free-standing and wall works,” said John Rizzo, who conceived of the show. “Each artist’s investigations address different themes and narratives that cross-balance the exhibition, utilizing different approaches and treatment of materials.”
RAPHAEL ZAMMIT, CHAIR OF MFA TRANSPORTATION DESIGN
ZAMMIT
With more than two decades of experience in design and higher education, Raphael Zammit came to CCS in August 2016 from the University of Cincinnati, where he was Associate Professor and lead faculty for Transportation Design. Zammit was named Chair of MFA Transportation Design in Fall 2017. His teaching, research and expertise are in vehicle design, conceptual visualization and aesthetic messaging. Zammit’s career in automotive design spans eight studios in four countries across Europe, Asia and North America, where he worked in the areas of advanced concept vehicles, production vehicles and strategic branding. He has designed for General Motors, Hyundai, Porsche and Volkswagen. While at Porsche, he worked on the 2002 Boxster, Cayman and Cayenne programs. At General Motors, he contributed to the revival of the Chevrolet Camaro and the creation of the Global Brand Studio. Zammit received a bachelor’s degree in Transportation Design from Art Center College of Design in 1995 and a BFA in Industrial Design from University of Michigan in 1994. He earned an MFA in Sculpture and Digital Media from University of Cincinnati in 2014.
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Eisner Award-winning artist, writer and National Cartoonists Society President BILL MORRISON (’81, Illustration) has joined MAD Magazine as Executive Editor. In his new role, which began in January 2018, Morrison directs the day-today operations, oversees the MAD editorial staff for both the magazine and book publishing enterprises, and manages the development and implementation of the annual publishing schedule. He is only the fifth editor to helm the humor and satire publication in its 65year history. Along with The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, Morrison co-founded Bongo Comics Group and served as its Creative Director from 1993-2012. He drew Simpsons Comics #1, for which he won his first Eisner Award. “I don’t know anyone who loves and respects MAD as much as I do,” said Morrison in a statement. “I’ll definitely have my work cut out for me, but I’m dedicated to upholding the high standards of absurd and irreverent humor that the public has come to expect from MAD. I’ve been asked if I will continue to include artist Al Jaffee in the magazine; as soon as I find out who he is, I’ll let everyone know.”
SIMCOE
TELLEM
consulting and construction services firm, and G-TECH Services, Inc., a staffing firm specializing in technical industries, including automotive, banking, energy, information technology and healthcare. G-TECH Services is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), one of the largest in Michigan. Ghafari served as corporate counsel for both firms until 2016 and continues to serve on the companies’ executive boards. She also was appointed to the State of Michigan Building Authority by Governor John Engler. After earning a bachelor’s degree in History of Art from Michigan State University and a law degree from University of Detroit Law School in 1982, Ghafari specialized in the areas of employment and EEOC law. Philanthropic leaders in metro Detroit, she and husband Yousif, former U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia, live in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. MICHAEL SIMCOE was named Vice President of Global Design at General Motors in May 2016, becoming only the seventh Design leader in GM history. Simcoe began his career at GM Holden in 1983 and held subsequent appointments as Senior Designer and Chief Designer there, becoming involved in every major vehicle program. In 1995, Simcoe became Director of Design for GM Asia Pacific and was responsible for collaborative projects with GM alliance partners. He was appointed Director of Design at GM Holden in 2001 and began to serve as GM’s Executive Director of Asia Pacific Design in 2003. He also set up the new GM Korea Design Studio. In 2004, Simcoe was appointed Executive Director of North American Exterior Design and led the design development of a long list of GM models, including the GMC Terrain, Buick LaCrosse, Chevrolet Camaro and Equinox, and Cadillac CTS sedan, wagon and coupe. He became Executive Director of GMI Design in 2011 and in 2014 became Vice President, Design. Simcoe holds an Associate Diploma of Art Industrial Design from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. NANCY TELLEM is a former President of CBS Television, the second woman in history to hold the top entertainment position at a major network. She headed development of television shows in the early 2000s, including Everybody Loves Raymond, CSI and King of Queens and was instrumental in introducing the hit television show Survivor. She was hailed as the third most powerful woman in entertainment in 2003 by The Hollywood Reporter. In 2006, Tellem was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame, in recognition of her contributions to the electronic arts. Two years later, she received a National Association of Program Executives Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award. Tellem was recruited by Microsoft to develop television series for their Xbox platform. In 2015, she became Executive Chairman and Chief Media Officer of EKO, a technology platform that creates interactive music videos. Tellem attended UC Berkeley, and UC Hastings College of Law. Her husband, Arn, is Vice Chairman of Palace Entertainment Group.
CCS HOSTS MLK DAY EVENTS, PARTICIPATES IN NATIONAL DAY OF RACIAL HEALING
In recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day 2018, CCS encouraged students, staff and faculty to engage with the community and to build on the legacy of Dr. King by hosting and participating in a number of campus activities. January 15: The College hosted a day of service, including drop-in projects on both campuses and a project with Arts and Scraps, a Detroit nonprofit. That evening, the Ebony Road Players presented a performance of “The Meeting,” a fictional encounter between Dr. King and Malcolm X shortly before Malcom X’s assassination. January 16: CCS participated in the National Day of Racial Healing. Sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (with more than 144 partners), individuals, organizations and communities across the United States were encouraged to participate in activities, events and actions to heal the wounds created by racial, ethnic and religious bias. In support of this initiative and to begin a larger conversation at the College around these issues, CCS sponsored a lunchtime meal and roundtable dialogues.
“Magic” by international exchange student Sofia Lewandowski.
NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM
The College for Creative Studies and FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences (FHJ) in Graz, Austria, have initiated an annual student exchange program. CCS welcomed the first student from FHJ, Sofia Lewandowski, in Fall 2017, who is studying in the MFA Interaction Design program. Each year, up to two CCS students enrolled in a design program or Entertainment Arts will be able to study at FHJ, which will also be able to send two students per year to CCS.
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Opposite: Lear Corporation project imagines vehicle interiors for 2030. Above: “Expressions of Luxury” for LACKS Enterprises project.
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CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS
THE 28TH ANNUAL MICHELIN CHALLENGE DESIGN
Companies across the globe realize that design plays an increasingly crucial role in the competitiveness of their products and in moving the creative economy forward. As a result, CCS’s Corporate Partnerships are expanding.
Senior Transportation Design students were challenged to create a breakthrough GT-class race car that could win the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2030. COVESTRO
Junior Transportation Design students considered the theme “Premium Metro Mobility,” designing luxurious interior experiences for a premium-level autonomous ride-share service in the year 2025. DURA
MFA Transportation Design and Interaction Design students designed mobile environments for autonomous vehicles.
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DESIGN CORE DETROIT (FORMERLY DETROIT CREATIVE CORRIDOR CENTER)
Communication Design students were challenged to design an informed brand family for the organization and its complement of related satellite initiatives, such as Detroit City of Design, Detroit Design Festival, Drinks x Design and international exposure initiatives. PUBLIC LIGHTING AUTHORITY OF DETROIT
Photography students explored social documentary photography as applied to the profound physical, economic and social transformations taking place in Detroit. The project documented the final installation of LED lighting throughout the city.
THE MARS AGENCY
TARDEC
Cross Stitch Creative is a multi-semester course that propels students into real-world advertising agency scenarios across a portfolio of Mars Agency clients.
Senior Transportation Design students considered climate and geography conditions by designing vehicle concepts for arctic, wetlands, and desert (AWD) mobility.
LACKS ENTERPRISES
LEAR CORPORATION
Junior Transportation Design students were challenged to create “Expressions of Luxury” in an electric compact utility vehicle suitable for a time of economic austerity.
Transportation Design and MFA Color and Materials Design students were tasked with developing future vehicle interiors for 2030 based on a subscription-model business plan where multiple vehicles are available on demand to consumers.
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL (ACC) — PLASTICS DIVISION
Junior Transportation Design students designed vehicles for the city of Detroit, a historically urban environment, for the year 2035.
new Bissell floor sweeper that is lightweight, easy to use, low cost, and that aesthetically integrates with a modern home or office. GE APPLIANCE
MFA Integrated Design and Interaction Design students analyzed what health and well-being mean to North American consumers and how to achieve a healthier lifestyle in the home of the future using GE’s products. WINTER 2017 FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Junior Transportation Design students considered the theme, “Mobility Service Design for the Dearborn Campus Transformation.” GENERAL MOTORS
Junior Transportation Design students developed new, innovative solutions to deliver a stunning design that would appeal to the Chevrolet customer of 2030.
BISSELL
In celebration of the company's 140-year history and legacy, Junior and Senior Product Design students designed a
MERCEDES-BENZ FINANCIAL SERVICES (MBFS)
Communication Design students developed a new logo, style guide, web content and marketing materials/assets that articulate Community Living Centers’ unique essence and promise.
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SORRY,
THIS IDEA IS UNABLE TO BE SHARED AT THIS TIME.
See, it’s currently in production. Yup, a real client saw it, loved it and decided to produce it. But it hasn’t run yet so we can’t show it. (Welcome to the real world.)
LACKS ENTERPRISES
MFA Transportation Design students examined how autonomous driving and greater emphasis on the interior environment will create opportunities for surface finishing technologies to amplify, enhance and improve the interior experience for Generations X and Y in 2030. COMERICA BANK AND OLYMPIA ENTERTAINMENT
MFA Interaction Design students developed interactive content and animations for the Comerica Arch at Little Caesars Arena, where fans passing through the Arch will encounter illuminated images in a video format from a wide range of CCS programs. Visitors may also experience a solar system, dynamic kaleidoscope patterns or gestural themes that represent seasons, gaming events and more through a series of videos created by students. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY
Combined teams of BFA students in senior exterior and interior Transportation Design studios and the MFA Color and Materials Design program envisioned what distant future technology, manufacturing and life balance will mean to Honda’s automotive architecture five design generations from today. GRUPO ANTOLIN NORTH AMERICA
Juniors in the Transportation Design studio worked on a confidential design brief with Grupo Antolin, a multinational leader in the development, design and manufacture of automotive interiors.
Above: Quicken Loans Fall 2017 project reimagines the Parkman Branch of the Detroit Public Library. Opposite: In Mars Agency project, students create content for real-world clients.
QUICKEN LOANS
THE DISTRICT DETROIT
Junior Interior Design students reimagined the spatial plan and functionality of the Rose and Robert Skillman Branch of the Detroit Public Library. Students investigated the building’s history, layout and stakeholder touchpoints to develop proposals focusing on the quality of the various user experiences and the site’s potential to enhance civic and community engagement. The project was made possible by funding from Quicken Loans with the support of the Detroit Public Library and the nonprofit Detroit Public Library Friends Foundation.
Please refer to p. 12 for information on this art project sponsored by Ilitch Charities and Olympia Development. WARDSAUTO
Senior Transportation Design students were challenged by to design future vehicles for a luxury automaker that is not currently in production.
APTIV
Junior Transportation Design students and Communication Design students were challenged by Aptiv to research and design for the stage-four autonomous, shared vehicle experience in the context of a broader, more systems-focused investigation into urban mobility. The focus was on the interior of autonomous vehicles, specifically for multi-generational family users and their emerging needs in 2027.
FCA
Senior Transportation Design students considered a new FCA vehicle direction for the year 2031 and beyond that exemplifies creative excellence through research, exploration and innovation inspired by people with huge followings on social media.
XENITH
Product Design students were challenged to consider the theme, “Stylizing Safety from Head to Toe for the Football Athlete.” Students immersed themselves in the lives of football athletes to understand the necessities and desires to be elite players on the field.
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SURFACE FINISHING (NASF)
MFA Transportation Design students were challenged to consider the theme, “Advancing Identity for the Next Automotive Era.” Students utilized market and corporate-specific data to develop strategies for creating a visual DNA for the vehicle’s appearance. AUTHORITY HEALTH AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY
MFA Integrated Design students developed future service scenarios regarding the links between healthcare ecosystem change and human well-being in the city of Detroit. Specifically, students focused on scenarios surrounding infant mortality and how to implement services into the infrastructure of Midtown and Downtown Detroit.
THE OAKWOOD GROUP
MFA Color and Materials Design students considered the theme, “What Does Sound Look Like?” Students explored a new visual language for audio speakers for next-generation automotive interiors. FALL 2017
BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS (BRP)
Senior Transportation Design students worked with BRP to create a unique and exciting power sport recreational experience that could be accessible within a congested city or for urban power sports recreation.
THE 29TH ANNUAL MICHELIN CHALLENGE DESIGN
MFA Transportation Design students considered the theme “Designing for the Next Global Revolution,” emphasizing mobility, utility and flexibility and the particular appeal of pickup trucks in locations around the world. FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Juniors in the exterior Transportation Design studio developed concepts for “The Future of ‘Built Ford Tough’ Truck Design Sponsored Project.”
THE MARS AGENCY
FORD MOTOR COMPANY/GTB
YANFENG GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE INTERIORS
In this on-campus internship, selected students from multiple departments, including Advertising: Design and Copywriting, Illustration, Communication Design and Photography, worked directly with The Mars Agency directors to create content for real-world clients in Cross Stitch Creative, an agency-led, next-generation idea house with roots in academia.
In phase one of this multi-phase project, MFA Integrated Design and Transportation Design students were challenged to consider “The Future of Equitable Mobility in Detroit for the Year 2030.” This project is in partnership with the Design Core Detroit as part of the Detroit UNESCO City of Design initiative.
Yanfeng worked with junior Transportation Design students to create interiors for a fully autonomous future. QUICKEN LOANS
Junior Interior Design students were challenged to reimagine the spatial plan and functionality of the Parkman Branch of the Detroit Public Library. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL (ACC) — PLASTICS DIVISION
With the guidance of ACC – Plastics Division, junior Transportation Design students designed lightweight, fully autonomous vehicles for the historical urban environment of Detroit.
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